KNOW YOUR ENEMY, KNOW YOUR GOD (ESTHER 6)

Before Esther and Mordecai can implement their plan to save the Jews from Haman’s genocidal edict, there are four things that Esther must know. She must know (1) "the times", (2) the King, (3) Haman, her enemy, and (4) her God. She arranges a private feast for the King and Haman during which she observes both Haman’s implacable intentions and the King's dislike of Haman's pride. Haman plans to have Mordecai executed the following day but God sovereignly frustrates his plan that very night, as the King, unable to sleep, reads the record of Mordecai’s unrewarded service, and determines to honour him.